2014–2015 African cholera outbreak

Disease outbreak in west and central Africa

2014–2015 African cholera outbreakDate| June 2014 (2014-06)-present

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Location| Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Chad, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea
Casualties
Reported deaths: 1,475[1]
Reported cases: 84,675[1]

Declared in June 2014, the West and Central African cholera outbreak as of January 25, 2015 claimed 1,683 registered deaths and over 91,361 reported cases with a reported case fatality rate (CFR) of 2% in 11 countries, which is 3 times more than in 2013. The case fatality ratio is high in the Sahelian area, equal or greater than 2%, especially in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Nigeria, Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo being the most affected countries with Ghana reporting its worst outbreak since 1982.[1][2]

In January 2015 the Greater Accra Region and Volta region still reported cases of Cholera while in the rest of Ghana the outbreak was declared over.[3] As of January 11 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Nigeria are the countries with highest number of new cases of the disease in 2015.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Cholera in Ghana" (PDF). UNICEF. 15 November 2014.
2. ^ "Outbreak in Ghana worst since 1982". GhanaWeb. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
3. ^ "Cholera in Ghana". Daily Guide. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
4. ^ "UNICEF report week 2, 2015". UNICEF. 29 January 2015.

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Cholera

Bacteria|

* Vibrio cholerae
* El Tor

Treatment|

* Oral rehydration therapy
* Vaccine

Antibiotics|

* Tetracycline
* Cotrimoxazole
* Erythromycin
* Doxycycline
* Chloramphenicol
* Furazolidone
* Virstatin

Fluoroquinolones|

* Norfloxacin

Outbreaks|

| Pandemics|

* 1817–24
* 1826–37
* 1846–60
* 1863–75
* 1881–96
* 1899–1923
* 1961–present

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1800s|

* 1832 (Lord Wellington)

* 1817–1824 cholera pandemic
* 1826–1837 cholera pandemic
* 1832 (Sligo)
* 1833 (Lexington USA)
* 1846-1860 cholera pandemic
* 1849–50 (Tennessee)
* 1853 (Copenhagen)
* 1853 (Stockholm)
* 1854 (Broad Street)
* 1863–1875 cholera pandemic
* 1881–1896 cholera pandemic

1900s|

* 1899–1923 cholera pandemic
* 1913 (Romanian Army)
* 1992 (Aerolíneas Argentinas)

2000s|

* 1961 to 2025 cholera pandemic
* 2007 (Iraq)
* 2008 (Zimbabwe)
* 2009 (Papua New Guinea)
* 2010s (Haiti)
* 2012 (Sierra Leone)
* 2014–15 (Africa)
* 2016–22 (Yemen)
* 2018–2019 (Zimbabwe)
* 2020 (Bengaluru)
* 2022 (Lebanon)
* 2022–24 (Southern Africa)
* 2023 (South Africa)
* 2023 (Zimbabwe)
* 2023–24 (Zambia)

History|

* Chicago cholera myth
* Cholera belt
* Cholera Hospital
* Cholera pit
* Cholera riots

| People|

* Gaspard Goyrand
* Waldemar Haffkine
* George Johnson
* Robert Koch
* Filippo Pacini
* John Snow
* Henry Whitehead

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Memorials|

* Broad Street Pump
* Cefn Golau
* Cholera Monument Grounds and Clay Wood
* Duffy's Cut

Cultural depictions|

* Mastro-don Gesualdo
* Memories and Vagaries
* Death in Venice
* film
* opera
* The Painted Veil
* 1934 film
* 2006 film
* The Seventh Sin
* Love in the Time of Cholera
* film
* The Horseman on the Roof
* Contagious
* The Ghost Map

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